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Ej Michels & Jake Shepherd — Salt Lake City 2026

M 35-39 n = 458
Finish · net time
1:40:29
+18:09 v median 1:22:20
Course +3:00 v season average ±0:46 · 214 teams
Men
401/458
35-39
71/81
Field beaten
12%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
17%
Runs
12%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:07
v median
304/458
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+1:13
v median
403/458
Rank

The race, in words

Ej Michels & Jake Shepherd finished 401st of 458 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:40:29.

On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:13. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:38 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.

This was a slow day in Salt Lake City. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:00.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 7:32
    Running 1 3:17
    v median −0:05
    v median +0:07
  2. Block 02 8:47
    Running 2 6:55
    v median +1:19
    v median +0:16
  3. Block 03 11:50
    Running 3 7:37
    v median +1:39
    v median +1:04
  4. Block 04 11:34
    Running 4 7:26
    v median +1:27
    v median +0:51
  5. Block 05 13:03
    Running 5 7:58
    v median +1:52
    1000m Row 5:05
    v median +0:31
  6. Block 06 10:34
    Running 6 8:25
    v median +2:26
    v median +0:28
  7. Block 07 11:51
    Running 7 6:59
    v median +0:57
    v median +1:13
  8. Block 08 12:48
    Running 8 7:10
    v median +1:10
    Wall Balls 5:38
    v median +1:07

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 12:38

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
2:18
0:23 1:55
B2 · 50m Sled Push
2:53
0:18 2:35
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:11
0:10 1:01
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:12
0:40 0:32
B5 · 1000m Row
1:36
0:46 0:50
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:59
1:43 0:16
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:28
1:09 0:19
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

Against the middle of your field

Men · n = 458

A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 458 men's teams who finished.

10:00 10:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 18:09
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 1 Finish · 18:09 behind

Elsewhere

Source Official
Event
Salt Lake City 2026
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JI1840
Measured against
Men · n = 458